J.R. Raymond leads as Day 1 of 2017 U.S. Open turns into a 'loftfest'

In 2015, the United States Bowling Congress moved the U.S. Open to one oiling per day, with Executive Director Chad Murphy explaining that he wanted bowlers to have their entire skillset tested playing from gutter to gutter on the fresh, burn and double burns squads. While no one could argue against that admirable goal, some warned that it would turn into a “loftfest” of right-handed players tossing shots perhaps 30 feet down the lane over the left guttercap. That didn’t happ...